Four days after blowing his second save of the season, Jeff Hoffman bounced back and got the win for the Toronto Blue Jays in a 2-1 decision over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
He pitched the ninth inning and walked one to lower his ERA to 5.75. He threw just 10 pitches, only one other for a ball after the walk.
The Blue Jays scored in the bottom of the ninth to give him the win, raising his record to 4-2.
On May 13 vs. the Tampa Bay Rays, he gave up five runs, including a grand slam, on four hits without recording an out. Since then, Toronto has had one game where a save was recorded by someone else. Yimi Garcia closed out the Jays’ 3-1 win over the Rays a day later.
Zach Agnos
He was one of just two pitchers who didn’t give up a run for the Rockies in a wild 14-12 win over the Diamondbacks.
He came on in the seventh inning and struck out two to get his second hold of the season. Before that, the Rockies had given up nine runs but led 13-9 by scoring three runs in the top of the seventh.
Danny Beal
He started Saturday’s 4-3 win over the New Jersey Jackals for the second straight win of the season for the Down East Bird Dawgs.
He went five innings, giving up three runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and a walk. He struck out all three batters in the first inning.
See below for what the rest of the Pirates in baseball did on Saturday.
Major League Baseball
- Connor Norby, Miami Marlins: 1-for-4 in 4-0 loss to Rays
- Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals: Did not play in 1-0 win over Royals
- Shawn Armstrong, Texas Rangers: Did not pitch in 5-1 win over Astros
- Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians: Did not pitch in 4-1 loss to Reds.
- Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays: See above
- Zach Agnos, Colorado Rockies: See above
- Clayton McCullough, Miami Marlins (manager): Lost 4-0 to Rays to drop team record to 17-27
Triple-A
- Carson Whisenhunt, Sacramento RiverCats (San Francisco Giants): Did not pitch in 6-1 loss to Salt Lake
Double-A
- Carter Spivey, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): Did not pitch in 9-4 win over Chesapeake
- Trey Benton, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): On season-ending disabled list
Single-A
- Trey Yesavage, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): Game vs. Everett rained out. Will play doubleheader Sunday
- Carter Cunningham, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): Game vs. Everett rained out. Will play doubleheader Sunday
- Josh Moylan, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): 1-for-2 with a run and two RBI on seventh double of season in the fourth. He has 19 RBI on the season.
- Josh Grosz, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): Did not pitch in 10-7 win over Aberdeen
- Tyler Bradt, Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals): Did not pitch in 6-5 win over Cedar Rapids
- Jacob-Jenkins-Cowart, Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins):
- Ryan McCrystal, Daytona Tortugas (Reds): 0-for-1 with two walks in 6-5 win over St. Lucie
- Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Modesto Nuts (Mariners): Placed on full-season disabled list on April 15.
- Erik Ritchie, Clearwater Threshers (Phillies): Did not pitch in 8-1 win over Lakeland
Frontier League
- Danny Beal, Down East Bird Dawgs (Independent): See above
Photo credit: Jeff Hoffman (Blue Jays photo)
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